Sunday, 16 January 2011

Valcamonica Rock Art I

in Rupestre.net

Site: Naquane National Park (Capo di Ponte)

Subject: duelling warriors

Period: Late Iron Age

Description: the two warrios are duelling in a simmetric position with sword and shield. This scene can be dated to the Iron Age by the weapons represented and mostly by the theme itself. The duel is the first iconographic subject in the Iron Age Valcamonica rock art

To notice: the parallel oblique scratches are the result of the last glacial period, ended in the Alps about 14-12.000 BP